Nazanin Moghbeli

Abstract Persian calligraphy limited edition photogravure ink print, black/white

2023

This is an original, framed mixed media work (hand painting on top of a photogravure print) in Nazanin Moghbeli's "Words from My Mother" series. It is float framed in a contemporary ...

Nazanin Moghbeli is a Persian American artist with training in Persian calligraphy, miniature painting, and music. She borrows techniques from Iranian calligraphy to create abstract ...

Nazanin Moghbeli's "Morghe Sahar 2" is framed in a white wood painted frame with white mat. It is wired with all hanging hardware, and is ready to install. Moghbeli is a Persian American artist with training in Persian calligraphy, miniature painting, and music. She borrows techniques from Iranian calligraphy to create abstract drawings with traditional bamboo “ghalams,” or quills. Rather than using these techniques to create religious objects as they were originally used, she explores the secular meaning of line in and of itself. She seeks the complete dissolution of words and prefers instead to create abstract images, her alternative to religious object making. The poem that is collaged into this work is a historic Iranian ballad, entitled "Morghe Sahar" (Bird of Dawn), written by Mohammad-Taqi Bahar and put to music by Morteza Neidavoud in 1921. Some consider this song to be the unofficial anthem of freedom in Iran. The lyrics describe a caged nightingale, urging her to sing with passion and break free. It has been sung in different political contexts, from the constitutional revolution of 1921 through the dictatorship of Mohammad Reza...

Framed in a white wood painted frame with white mat. Wired with all hanging hardware, ready to install. Nazanin Moghbeli is a Persian American artist with training in Persian calligr...

Unidentified/ Unknown Artist, "Untitled: Black and White Abstract" Edition 18/200, Abstract Lithograph signed and numbered in Pencil, 15.50 x 22.50, Late 20th Century, 1962 Colors: ...

In this work by Mohammadali Alikhani, he plays with words on a highly stylized and abstract design using bold, black calligraphy on a white background. The shapes appear to be a comb...

Golnaz Fathi Untitled, 2016 Ballpoint pen on paper 11 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches 30 x 30 cm GF075 Golnaz Fathi (b. 1972) is part of a thriving generation of Iranian artists...

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